Rudy Character Analysis Essay

This book impacted me in a positive way by showing the inferior conflicts to avoid in my life. An example of when Rudy had to put through hardship is when he would hesitate between school or partying. “I was a joker who never took classes seriously I would party and get drunk with the townies on the weekends and go diving with my Kahaluu friends on the weekdays. School was just a big time setback” Is textual evidence of Rudy having lack of interest in progressing in his life, and preparing for his

Rudy’s perception of himself has changed overtime. He went from being a typical hard headed boy who earned bad grades and made bad decisions to someone who wants to be something in life, well a doctor to be more specific. Getting to where he was he met some deviant people along the way. In the Red Headed Hawaiian book it tells us the story of Rudy puana who never knew he was a fighter, he had a rough childhood from being teased because of his hair to being sick as a young kid. In other words, he hadn’t really known he was fighting, fighting against the bullying and fighting for his life. Finally, one day as he was slowly settling down he had said he was going to become a doctor instead of wasting time thinking about what he was gonna do in

In this short story by Tim O’Brien, Lieutenant Jimmy cross leads a platoon of men in the Vietnam War. Unable to keep his thoughts from his unrequited love interested, Martha, Cross allowed his platoon to become lax in their duties and mentally removed from the war. The conflict arises when one of his men, Ted Lavender, is killed on a mission. The conflict is resolved when Lieutenant Cross abandons his youthful fantasy world for the reality of the war he is living in. Cross finds new purpose in the vigilant leadership of his men.

Rudy’s perception of himself changed over the course because when he used to live in Hawaii and he used to always skip school. For example he would also run around naked get drunk and smoke weed with his friends in Kahaluu. In the book it clearly states “ every one of my highschool teachers would tell you i was hardly the next einstein “ that means to me that his teachers thought he wasn’t the smartest kid out there. The book also states “ i would party and get drunk with the townies on the weekends and go diving with my kahaluu friends on the weekdays “. I can relate to Rudy’s life because when the waves are big and the swells come in i always skip school just to go surf. In conclusion i think Rudy changed because he wanted to live a better

We tend to root for the underdog when a battle occurs. In this novel, Robert Ross is the dark horse we hope doesn’t get killed in the various battles he endures. Unfortunately, not all wars are reenactments of the battle of Puebla. Underdogs don’t always end up victorious like the outnumbered Mexican farmers that fought against the elite French soldiers back in May 5, 1862. As I stated in my first journal, the corruption of innocence is an inevitable war all humans are destined to lose. Robert is puny compared to the Goliaths of violence. No measly pebble nor boulder would be able to take down this beastly enemy. This is predictable because beasts and violence rule the animal kingdom after all. Robert is just another fragile rabbit facing

Even at a young age, people said he had to play all time center while playing backyard football because he was to small. These doubts continued throughout the rest of his life as he only stood at 5’6 and was never the fastest on the field. These flaws of course lead to Rudy not getting any scholarship offers for his athletic ability. When people were told to get on the bus to tour Notre Dame, Rudy was told not to get on the bus because he would never get accepted into the university, and was told college wasn’t for everyone. This forced Rudy to work at a steel mill instead, rock bottom for this man. The only real bright spot in Rudy’s life during this time was his best friend Pete, who always kept his hopes up. Pete forced the first step in the hero’s journey, The Departure, when Pete died in an accident at the mill Something from Pete’s death put a fire in Rudy to make the trip to Notre

Then when his mom applied for him to go to college they wouldn’t take him because his grades were so bad in high school. Then they said they would take him if he did this program over the summer and that would let him get into University of Hawaii at Manoa. So his mom signed him up for that and Rudy went off and did the program. He went to college and he also was messing around and didn’t care about his grades in college. All he wanted to do was hang out with his Hawaiian friends and party. Then one day Ruby and his friend Chris were watching this tv show called General Hospital and then Rudy told Chris “I think i’m going to be a doctor,” then Chris said “Braddah you ain’t no doctor.” When Chris said that it mad Rudy more determined to become a doctor. After that day Rudy changed his whole style of how he was in college, he started hanging out with different people, he finally studied, and he was not messing around anymore. Then Rudy took the MCAT test and got a good score and

In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin a schoolteacher from the city of Harlem struggles with life and figuring out how to helped his troubled brother. All though named Sonny’s Blues the main character is actually Sonny’s brother who is the narrator and goes through his life and how he reacts to the many problems his younger brother has come into. The brothers grew up in the poverty stricken city of Harlem where the brothers had to avoid drugs and violence constantly. Growing up, Sonny struggled to stay out of trouble and ended up making some bad decisions throughout his life and ends up landing him in jail and addicted to heroin. The un-named brother of Sonny who is the narrator of the story begins to

Essay Prompt: In a 1-2 page character analysis, explain what makes Atticus such a good parent, using quotes and evidence from the text to back up your claims.

The second aspect that was noticed bout Rudy was the dedication that he kept consistent. No matter how hard times may have seemed to Rudy, he was too stubborn to give up. He didn't have the grades to attend Norte Dame, so what did he do? He walked into a small catholic school and applied there. He did this to earn credit and to eligible for the fall semester at Norte Dame. That fall semester Rudy got into the school of his dreams and immediately became a hitting dummy for the Football team. Kenneth Turan wrote a review on the movie and he states "It meant a lot for Rudy to play football for Norte Dame, his obsessed determination begins to look more inspirational as the movie goes on" (1).

     Rudy was continually persistent in chasing his dream, despite constantly hearing throughout his entire upbringing that he could not do it. Rudy perhaps faced his greatest criticism in high school, where everyone from his parents and siblings, friends and teachers were unsupportive of his dream. Rudy was once told in high school, "The secret to happiness in this life is to be grateful for the things the good Lord has bestowed upon us…Not everyone was meant to go to college" (Civics teacher). Many teachers say they have gotten into teaching because they enjoy being a mentor to children, and children definitely need mentors during this point in their lives. Obviously, this was not the case for Rudy’s civics teacher, who spoke very adversely to Rudy about pursuing his dream. Even worse, his own father once told him, "Chasing a stupid dream causes you and everyone else nothing but heartache. Notre Dame is for rich kids, smart kids, great athletes. Not us. You’re a Rudiger, and

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, is a farmer in his middle thirties. The author gives little to no detailed physical description of him, but from Proctor’s speech, we can still picture him as a strong and powerful man who is able to keep every situation under the control, the kind of personality which earns him deep respect and even fear from the people in town. On the other hand, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, plays an inferior role as an orphan who has no social status in a place like Salem. Over the course of the play, John Proctor is absolutely awakened and transformed by Abigail Williams. In the end, he overcomes the crucible by releasing himself from his guilt of

He was a walk on, that through his persistence and hard work became a respected team member. Even though he did not have the skills as the other players, he was able to communicate what he could do by showing his assertiveness through his hard work and determination with every practice. A memorable scene of Rudy with the janitor, showed Rudy developing some self-awareness. Rudy told the janitor he was quitting the team after 2 years because he wasn’t allowed to dress with the team. The janitor pointed out that quitting would throw away 2 years of college and miss graduation.

From the beginning, it is clear that Hamlet has intentions to play the crazy card. In act I following the visit from his ghostly father, Hamlet informs the two others who witnessed the ghost that he “perchance hereafter shall think meet / To put an antic disposition on” and affirms that they “at such times seeing [Hamlet], never shall […] note / That [they] know aught of [him]” (Shakespeare I. v. 191-201). Here Hamlet clearly states that he will purposefully act crazy, and tells them not to comment on this behavior, as if not to ruin a plan of his. Other examples of Hamlet admitting to his faked insanity include a few lines from act II, in which he informs Guildenstern that his “uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived”, and continues on to

In the Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe, the writer creates a setting by describing the gloomy, isolated, and unpleasant atmosphere that the narrator encounters himself in. Poe writes: "During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year" (pg. 675) and "the simple landscape features of the domain, upon the bleak walls... the vacant eye-like windows... a few rank sedges, and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees" (pg. 675). These two quotes are examples of mood the reader is induced into. Poe also uses words as "deficiency", "Gothic", "decayed", "strange" "mystic" and "mansion of gloom" to create a consistent mood throughout the story. Without further inspection to the story, it is easy to say that